When Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited The Late Late Show in 2009, there was no musical guest or second guest, no monologue of punchlines on cue cards and no witty banter with a sidekick or band leader. As it was for 10 years, it was just Craig Ferguson, his audience and the direct, passionate style he perfected.
Ferguson reminisced about the Peabody-winning episode and specifically his interview with the archbishop in a conversation this past Monday night at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, recalling a shared moment during a commercial break.